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WingHouse founder Crawford Ker shares expansion plansWingHouse founder Crawford Ker shares expansion plans

The former pro football player says there's room for the brand to grow in Florida

Erin Dostal, Associate Editor

November 7, 2012

3 Min Read
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Erin Dostal

Crawford Ker isn’t the typical restaurant entrepreneur. He’s also a former professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, and briefly, for the Detroit Lions.

And a lot of what he learned in the sports world, Ker noted, he applies to his Ker’s WingHouse Bar & Grill concept. The restaurants feature an all-female wait staff and cater to sports fans by showing popular emerging sports, such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and big games.

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He founded the first Ker’s WingHouse in Largo, Florida in 1994, and since then has grown the company to 21 restaurants. “We’re looking forward ...

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Erin Dostal

Associate Editor, Nation's Restaurant News

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Erin Dostal covers the Southeast U.S. at Nation’s Restaurant News. She previously worked at Direct Marketing News where she covered trends in database marketing and e-commerce. Prior to moving to New York in 2011, she was a reporter at Las Vegas Sun and a launching editor of VEGAS INC, a business magazine covering the largest industries in Southern Nevada: tourism, gaming, entertainment, real estate and—of course—restaurants. She holds a journalism degree from Northwestern University.

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